Yes, me too. Had this call many times and often wondered if it was the
same man each time!!!
I keep on answering literally without revealing I have a Mac, and
eventually tell them I've a Mac OSX and keep on until our Indian
"microsoft" friend gives up.
I quite enjoy similar strategy with Jehovah's Witnesses, invite them in
to a cup of coffee and wait for them eventually to tire of the logic
that I bring into the conversation until they realise the futility of
maintaining their dogma!!!
I once followed instructions given me to search my hard disk for a
particular file, which he told me was the problem. At this point he
asked me to allow him yo "take over" control to correct this. At this
point I knew he was up to no good and bid him goodbye.
Latest very realistic scam is for an update for BT Yahoo Mail. Beware as
it is quite convincing and looks OK, but I was suspicious and contacted
BT who confirmed it as a known scam that installs a virus to extract
information from the hard disk.
Keith
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Derek Cross wrote:
Yes - I've done the same thing, chatted with them a bit then ask them if they
are religious and then what they feel their parents and (allah) would think of
what they are doing. I had a chap in tears once!
Derek
On 19 Sep 2013, at 17:43, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
I have great fun with them too. My latest technique is to ask them if they
believe in God (of course they do). We then have a bit of a chat about God
before I ask them if they feel the scam they're involved in likely to result in
them going to Heaven or Hell.
P
On 19 Sep 2013, at 16:14, Ranulph Glanville wrote:
I was just phoned by someone with an Indian accent claiming to be from
Microsoft, and to want to help me fix my computer. Apparently I have error
messages that have been being sent to Microsoft for the art 2 months, and have
paid no attention to their emails.
I asked for proof: a telephone switchboard number, and a full employee name,
but I was told that I didn't want his help and was playing with him. Then he
cut off.
I have no sea what this was. I do not use windows, but I do, when necessary,
use Office (and I also use Skype).
My guess is that this was a scam. I wonder if anyone else has had such an
approach. It might be sensible to be careful of this sort of thing. As far as
I'm aware, I've not been sending out bad messages (apart from one I warned you
about some months ago), and I have not been receiving warnings.
Ranulph
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